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Richard Haass thinks the latest chapter in the conflict-torn Middle East is just beginning.

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Judith Friedlander, Emerita Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College, is the author of A Light in Dark Times: The New ...

While US President Donald Trump focuses on elevating and enriching himself, he is also actively dismantling the underpinnings ...

Judith Friedlander recalls the ignoble response of most US university leaders to past episodes of political repression.

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It is all too easy for politicians to tell their voters that they are the victims of foreigners, elites, or other groups that ...

Archi Rastogi calls for unified oversight to streamline decision-making and resolve governance inconsistencies.